Through The Library of Virginia, a collection of primary narratives from African-American voices has been digitized and formed into:

Virginia Untold: the African American Narrative Digital Collection

From here, readers can find firsthand accounts from free or enslaved persons, images, as well as official government documents. Through the compilation of these records, the story of free and/or enslaved people’s lives are able to be remembered but it is through their own writings and words that they are able to take back the narrative as their own.

EVENT

The Annandale Campus Lyceum Committee Present the 2020 Black History Month Lyceum Speech “Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative Digital Collection” Meet Gregory Crawford, local records program manager from the Library of Virginia who will present his highly sought after work on Virginia Untold.
Date: Wednesday, February 12
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.Location: Annandale Campus, Ernst Center Forum
*If you are unable to make the event, come by the Annandale Library to view the Virginia Untold display and peruse the database!